REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Habu et al 12858960 - (D) GRIMES 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NGUYEN, QUANG
1743 Ex Parte Taxacher et al 13586930 - (D) RANGE 102/103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Conrad et al 13042104 - (D) STEPHENS 103 PATENT CAPITAL GROUP ALSHACK, OSMAN M
2114 Ex Parte Supplisson et al 13906376 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC IBM CORP. (AUS) PATEL, JIGAR P
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte YAMASHITA et al 13476705 - (D) STRAUSS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HARRISON, CHANTE E
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13457547 - (D) McMANUS 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP RAYTHEON COMPANY MUNOZ, DANIEL
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Halsmer 13080696 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/103 PRAXAIR, INC. OH, HARRY Y
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Eells et al 11578284 - (D) LANEY 102/103 BGL/Cook - Chicago DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY
3743 Ex Parte KRAUS et al 12956988 - (D) KERINS 103 41.50 112(2) Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) RINEHART, KENNETH
3748 Ex Parte Bayrakdar et al 13636550 - (D) KERINS 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC CHANG, CHING
3753 Ex Parte Elliott 12992257 - (D) LANEY 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM
3753 Ex Parte SAVLA 11956564 - (D) HOSKINS 103 William C. Boling Esq CHAUDRY, ATIF H
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Itkowitz et al 12780557 - (D) TROCK 103 103 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. BRIER, JEFFERY A
3717 Ex Parte Okuniewicz 11033920 - (D) MURPHY 103 112(2) BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP HU, KANG
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Haley 14588766 - (D) CHANG 103 CAROL NOTTENBURG BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE
1628 Ex Parte Frantz 13642576 - (D) JENKS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B
1631 Ex Parte Kuhlmann et al 12938953 - (D) SMITH 102/103 101 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global DEJONG, ERIC S
Our reviewing court has also made clear that abstract ideas include collecting information and analyzing that information “by steps people go through in their minds, or by mathematical algorithms.” FairWarningIP, LLC v. Iatric Sys., Inc., 839 F.3d 1089, 1093—94 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (internal citation omitted). Moreover, taking some action in response to the collected and analyzed information, without more, is also “abstract as an ancillary part of such collection and analysis.” Id. (claims directed to collecting and analyzing information to detect misuse of protected health information and “notifying a user when misuse is detected.”) Put concisely, “[w]ithout additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible.” Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
See also Intellectual Ventures v. Capital One, 2017 WL 900031,*5 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2017), discussing cases in which claims reciting data manipulation steps were held to be patent ineligible as abstract ideas.
Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106
1671 Ex Parte Mitschke et al 13509832 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) KEYS, ROSALYND ANN
1763 Ex Parte Gidcumb et al 12877331 - (D) ROSS 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP GRINSTED, RONALD
1767 Ex Parte Lopitaux 13997319 - (D) RANGE 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C
1783 Ex Parte Su et al 13937958 - (D) SMITH 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC PLESZCZYNS KA, JOANNA
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte FEWINS et al 13569976 - (D) STEPHENS 101/102/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) BARRETT, RYAN S
2153 Ex Parte Arabshian et al 13834038 - (D) SIU Concurring CRAIG 101 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent HTAY, LIN LIN M
As our reviewing court recently reiterated, “organizing and accessing records through the creation of an index-searchable database, includes longstanding conduct that existed well before the advent of computers and the Internet,” and patent claims have been held ineligible for reciting similar abstract concepts that merely collect, classify, or otherwise filter data. Intellectual Ventures ILLC v. Erie Indemnity Co., Nos. 2016-1128, 2016-1132, 2017 WL 900018, at *7 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2017). Moreover, the Federal Circuit has held “[w]ithout additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible.” Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Dholakia et al 13231367 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP PVF — Brocade Communications Systems Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M
2462 Ex Parte Pulnikova 12821495 - (D) MOORE 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Criel et al 13062056 - (D) CURCURI 112(2)/102/103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT BARAKAT, MOHAMED
2697 Ex Parte Cruz-Hernandez 12947321 - (D) STEPHENS 112(1) 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, LLP PATEL, SANJIV D
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Taghavi Nasrabadi et al 13358326 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia GILMAN, ALEXANDER
2842 Ex Parte Blair et al 12817869 - (D) GARRIS 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLAR/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES O TOOLE, COLLEEN J
2881 Ex Parte Mondt et al 13810585 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. SMITH, DAVID E
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Smolinski 13552133 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(1)/101/103 DR. PULNIKOVA VALENTINA JASMIN, LYNDA C
3657 Ex Parte Crombez 12702378 - (D) CAPP 103 TUNG & ASSOCIATES SY, MARIANO ONG
3686 Ex Parte Cullen et al 12418829 - (D) MOHANTY 103 101 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP/McK PATEL, NEHA
3689 Ex Parte DICKE et al 13160910 - (D) WIEDER 103 112(1)/101 Shapiro Cohen LLP MOONEYHAM, JANICE A
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Hatfield 12869827 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP SZAFRAN, BRIE ANNA TARAH LARELL
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 M86 SECURITY, INC. Requester v. SYMANTEC, CORPORATION Patent Owner Ex Parte 7,366,919 et al 10/424,532 95000603 - (D) KOHUT 112(1)/103/314 41.77 112(1)/103/314 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP WILMERHALE/SYMANTEC CORPORATION SAGER, MARK ALAN origianl OKORONKWO, CHINWENDU C
